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<DIV>Dear Ann</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for invitation.<BR>I can see you have tried to be super-accommodating for international time differences, but in South Africa this translates to 2-3am!</DIV>
<DIV>If we register for this event, will a recording be made available?</DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV>Allison</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1 face=Calibri>Allison Fullard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1 face=Calibri>Deputy Director: Library Services<BR>University of the Western Cape</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1 face=Calibri>Ph: 27-(0)21 959-2923 <BR>Fax: 27-(0)21 959-2659<BR><BR>Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535<BR>South Africa<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1 face=Calibri><A href="http://lib.uwc.ac.za/">http://lib.uwc.ac.za</A></DIV></FONT>>>> Ann Connolly <aconnolly@bepress.com> 2015/06/30 04:27 PM >>><BR></DIV>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">*Apologies for cross-posting*</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Hi all,</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">In case you missed the session at CNI, we’d like to share our findings: with nearly 400 repositories as a sample group, we looked at how the IR community typically measures progress and compared that with different ranking systems to see how they matched up. The results suggest that we need a new, platform-agnostic framework that allows institutions to measure themselves against their own unique missions and goals.</SPAN></SPAN><U></U><U></U></P>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; COLOR: black">I’d like to invite you to a webinar that considers what this framework might look like:</SPAN><U></U><U></U></P>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">How am I Doing? A Framework for Repository Benchmarking</SPAN></B><U></U><U></U></P>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">Date: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">Thursday, July 9th, 2015 </SPAN><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">Time: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">8am Pacific/ 11am Eastern/ 4pm GMT</SPAN><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">Register here: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif"><A href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10326637&msgid=241274&act=J2IU&c=1371275&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fattendee.gotowebinar.com%2Fregister%2F2961207281998939906" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2961207281998939906</SPAN></A></SPAN><BR><U></U><U></U></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">Date: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">Thursday, July 9th, 2015</SPAN><U></U><U></U></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">Time: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">5pm Pacific/ 8am Hong Kong/ 10am Australia</SPAN><U></U><U></U></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif">Register here:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif"> <A href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10326637&msgid=241274&act=J2IU&c=1371275&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fattendee.gotowebinar.com%2Fregister%2F3051466191571215106" target=_blank>https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3051466191571215106</A></SPAN><U></U><U></U></P>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; COLOR: black">In this webinar, I will propose a model that moves beyond one-size-fits-all ranking and instead focuses on benchmarking, as well as share some numbers from across the community.</SPAN><U></U><U></U></P>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,sans-serif; COLOR: black">Ann</SPAN></P>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Ann Connolly
<DIV>Director of Outreach and Scholarly Communication</DIV>
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